annie lockhart...

a soulful journey

  

a timeline of sorts of how this all came about...

 

i feel i have been a very fortunate girl knowing that i have had my creative spirit with me since childhood...not by any means saying that i haven't had my doubts about it...what it really has meant to me...or that i ever took it for granted.  i realize that we all begin this way...but, somewhere some of us tend to let it, sadly go by the wayside. sometimes this is from learning to compare, (i remember when i did this exact thing...it was in second grade!) thinking that we are less than...you know the drill! as time went on, i had others, like my mom, dad, and especially my maternal grandmother who encouraged me along the way. i knew that my grandma was was with me and still is on this journey with me as i find my way. it truly is a journey....one that i feel like will be for the rest of my life.

 
my book Objects of Reflection...a soulful journey is a mid-life validation of my life lived so far. when i quesioned myself as an artist...i always down played any thoughts of being an artist, just always acknowledged myself as 'expressive'...a way to get my feelings out, but never as a true 'artist'. once i claimed it...things began to change for me. i was asked to participate in a 'first friday art walk' in our city...then i applied for a couple of national juried shows and got accepted! then i went on to submit some of my artwork to a national art magazine...somerset, and had my work published. next was to submit to teach at artfest for three days...which i was accepted....it just has blossomed since then, for which i am so grateful.